Entrée principale:

Dirks, Nicholas B., 1950-

Titre et auteur:

Castes of mind : colonialism and the making of modern India / Nicholas B. Dirks.

Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2001.

Description:

xiii, 372 pages ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The "invention" of caste. Introduction: The modernity of cast -- Homo hierarchicus: the origins of an idea -- The ethnographic state -- pt. 2. Colonization of the archive. The original caste: social identity in the Old Regime -- The textualization of tradition: biography of an archive -- The imperial archive: colonial knowledge and colonial rule -- pt. 3. The ethnographic state. The conversion of caste -- The policing of tradition: colonial anthropology and the invention of custom -- The body of caste: anthropology and the criminalization of caste -- The enumeration of caste: anthropology as colonial rule -- pt. 4. Recasting India: caste, community, and politics. Toward a nationalist sociology of India: nationalism and Brahmanism -- The reformation of caste: Periyar, Ambedkar, and Gandhi -- Caste politics and the politics of caste -- Conclusion: Caste and the postcolonial predicament -- Coda: The burden of the past: on colonialism and the writing of history.

Résumé:

This volume traces the caste system from the medieval kingdoms of southern India through early colonial archives to the 20th century. It surveys the rise of caste politics and how caste-based movements have threatened nationalist consensus.

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ISBN:

0691088942 (alk. paper)
9780691088945 (alk. paper)
0691088950 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780691088952 (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Sujet:

Caste India.
Social classes India.
Castes Inde.
Classes sociales Inde.
15.75 history of Asia.
Caste
Social classes
Kolonialismus
Kaste
Kastenstelsel.
Kolonialisme.
India History British occupation, 1765-1947.
Inde Histoire 1765-1947 (Occupation britannique)
India
Indien
Großbritannien

Classification/genre:

History

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 219885
Cote: DS422.C3 D5 2001
Statut: Disponible